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Life recorded in Malawi

Every species with an occurrence record in Malawi, most-recorded first: 576,869 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

All lifeBirdsMammalsRay-finned fishLizards & snakesAmphibiansInsectsSpiders & kinMolluscsFlowering plants (dicots)Monocots: grasses, palms, orchidsFernsMossesMushrooms & brackets
  1. 1Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus · Pycnonotidae · 4,250 records
  2. 2Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis · Estrildidae · 3,851 records
  3. 3French BeanPhaseolus vulgaris · Fabaceae · 3,188 records
  4. 4Great MilletSorghum bicolor · Poaceae · 3,089 records
  5. 5Pied CrowCorvus albus · Corvidae · 2,894 records
  6. 6Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla · Malaconotidae · 2,816 records
  7. 7Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola · Columbidae · 2,592 records
  8. 8Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus · Meropidae · 2,450 records
  9. 9Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus · Ploceidae · 2,426 records
  10. 10Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis · Dicruridae · 2,392 records
  11. 11African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp · Motacillidae · 2,346 records
  12. 12Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata · Columbidae · 2,344 records
  13. 13Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica · Fringillidae · 2,320 records
  14. 14Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus · Nectariniidae · 2,127 records
  15. 15Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos · Columbidae · 2,099 records
  16. 16White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini · Muscicapidae · 2,037 records
  17. 17African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus · Apodidae · 2,033 records
  18. 18CowpeaVigna unguiculata · Fabaceae · 1,942 records
  19. 19HamerkopScopus umbretta · Scopidae · 1,858 records
  20. 20Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata · Estrildidae · 1,835 records
  21. 21Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus · Ploceidae · 1,821 records
  22. 22Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava · Cisticolidae · 1,780 records
  23. 23Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii · Hirundinidae · 1,758 records
  24. 24Tropical BoubouLaniarius major · Malaconotidae · 1,730 records
  25. 25Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor · Pycnonotidae · 1,724 records
  26. 26Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis · Alcedinidae · 1,718 records
  27. 27Lesser Spotted EagleAquila pomarina · Accipitridae · 1,698 records
  28. 28African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer · Accipitridae · 1,667 records
  29. 29Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus · Coraciidae · 1,643 records
  30. 30Pearl MilletCenchrus americanus · Poaceae · 1,585 records
  31. 31Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis · Ploceidae · 1,577 records
  32. 32Speckled MousebirdColius striatus · Coliidae · 1,570 records
  33. 33Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis · Nectariniidae · 1,479 records
  34. 34Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris · Nectariniidae · 1,425 records
  35. 35Finger MilletEleusine coracana · Poaceae · 1,411 records
  36. 36Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala · Estrildidae · 1,410 records
  37. 37RiceOryza sativa · Poaceae · 1,368 records
  38. 38Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea · Nectariniidae · 1,348 records
  39. 39Barn SwallowHirundo rustica · Hirundinidae · 1,341 records
  40. 40Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana · Turdidae · 1,336 records
  41. 41House SparrowPasser domesticus · Passeridae · 1,290 records
  42. 42Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild · Estrildidae · 1,271 records
  43. 43Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens · Picidae · 1,242 records
  44. 44Honey BeeApis mellifera · Apidae · 1,238 records
  45. 45Black-Headed HeronArdea melanocephala · Ardeidae · 1,216 records
  46. 46Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris · Numididae · 1,213 records
  47. 47African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis · Monarchidae · 1,191 records
  48. 48Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus · Passeridae · 1,190 records
  49. 49Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis · Ardeidae · 1,184 records
  50. 50Böhm's Bee-eaterMerops boehmi · Meropidae · 1,180 records
  51. 51Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius · Ploceidae · 1,163 records
  52. 52Garden WarblerSylvia borin · Sylviidae · 1,137 records
  53. 53Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus · Oriolidae · 1,122 records
  54. 54Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquata · Muscicapidae · 1,119 records
  55. 55African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus · Ciconiidae · 1,111 records
  56. 56Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus · Alcedinidae · 1,101 records
  57. 57African JacanaActophilornis africanus · Jacanidae · 1,092 records
  58. 58Chinspot BatisBatis molitor · Platysteiridae · 1,083 records
  59. 59Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris · Alcedinidae · 1,073 records
  60. 60Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura · Cisticolidae · 1,068 records
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